Financial Advice Blog

Could the deficit and rising inheritances accelerate IHT change? With the largest ever peacetime deficit on our hands, thanks to the pandemic, and an aged Inheritance Tax regime firmly on the government’s radar, could this combination lead to unwelcome tax rises on...

Social media has infiltrated our everyday lives, bringing both positive and negative impacts. Astonishingly, 3.96 billion people, over half of the global population, currently use social media worldwide, almost double the 2.07 billion recorded in 2015. With the...

Improving your pension confidence It can be challenging to feel confident in our pension provision these days. Increased life expectancy and high living costs mean we need to save ever more into the pot for a comfortable retirement. Do yourself a favour Just 41% of...

An increasing sense of optimism seems to be apparent as the country emerges from lockdown, providing a much more familiar feel to the season, with anticipation growing that this will prove to be a Great British summer. There has already been a packed sporting schedule...

Homeownership trumps renting by £326,000 but 54% who are yet to buy think it’s “unrealistic” they ever will• One in three homeowners (32%) see their mortgage as being like an investment in their future• Nearly half (48%) of homeowners with a mortgage agree they are...

An insightful report9 makes it clear just how large the gender pension gap has become. A typical woman in her twenties, it reveals, would have to work an average of 40 years longer than a man to build up the same pension at retirement, with women currently averaging a...